US suburbs rise near nuclear disaster zone
New houses are being built less than 2km from Rocky Flats in Colorado, which was shut down for mishandling waste.
Published On 8 Jun 2014
A nuclear weapons factory in Rocky Flats, Colorado, was shut down in 1989 after the government found it was mishandling radioactive waste and toxic chemicals.
Fast-forward 25 years, and housing estates are being built less than 2km from areas that will remain off-limits for tens of thousands of years.
Al Jazeera’s Paul Beeban reports from Arvada city in Colorado.
Source: Al Jazeera